Ride with me from Montego Bay to Treasure Bay, across the vast mountainous hump of this large-feeling island, in a comfortable large eleven passenger Ford van. We zigzagged out way up around and across the heights until finally we were on our way home. The big van lurches around corners, […]
Do you know about the milk crisis? Yep. Since the 1970s, consumption of milk in the US has plunged by 30 percent, according to a story in today’s WSJ. That’s a true bummer on top of the lowest prices in decades, which are creating a situation where the end result […]
One of the ways I get revved up when I sit down to write a post is to look back at what I wrote exactly one year ago today. I remember after I begin to read the year-old posts exactly how I felt when I wrote it. As if it […]
It’s amazing that a company with a $72 billion supermarket business in Europe and around the world could stumble so badly when they tried to open a chain of new supermarkets in the US. In today’s WSJ, I read the story of how Tesco is giving up its Fresh and […]
I remember well the times that I would be counting the meager earnings while looking over the bills to be paid at the GoNOMAD Cafe. I used to think, jeez, what will I do when I have to close this place? Where would I go if I didn’t have a […]
We only get 52 weekends a year, and I often like to take stock of what transpired during mine, sort of like how I am after a movie or after a dinner date. Did we like it? Did we have fun? Would we want to do it again? What was […]
It’s December 1st and it’s snowing. Perfect. The month is here when we all spend more than we really have, yet we all keep spending and spending, throwing our cares to the wind. We have three houseguests and the upstairs is packed full, all three bedrooms occupied by my three […]
Routines are comforting, and make our daily lives feel more secure. Not knowing what is going to happen is much worse than a predictable steady flow of life…and that’s what I have always have had in my home life, just like my parents did. My dad has a very regular […]
He always called me his boss. Kent liked that, because it said a lot about how he treated his role as one of GoNOMAD’s most prolific contributors. He was a professional traveler, and blogger, and photographer and his life was about the journey. He lived it to the utmost. Last […]
I picked up a book I bought a few years ago and am truly enjoying it–Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick. How appropriate to be reading a book about the Pilgrims on this Thanksgiving day. But the first half of the book has hardly been about the great solidarity, feasting and peace […]
It all began when I had to close the GoNOMAD Cafe. That’s when South Deerfield resident Candace Bradbury-Carlin decided she wanted to keep that community spirit that brought so many locals together for coffee at the cafe in the center of our village. When she realized that no one was […]
My neighbors and I gathered again to hear experts talk about the livability of our village, South Deerfield, and show us some scenarios of what could be and what they think would make the town more pedestrian friendly. A consultant showed a fast-paced slide show that showed all of the […]